[boost] [sorting] External Sorting

From: Sam Schetterer (samthecppman_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-03-30 21:53:37

Would there be any interest sorting functions that sort data that is
written to disk? I know that it sounds somewhat useless, but if the data on
disk takes up 10gb, I know that no computer can load all of that data at
once, even with virtual memory. This type of sort is also useful for
low-memory machines, like a roadside speedometer, where large
amounts of data need to be sorted but cannot fit into memory.